IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN HOUR BY
HOUR COMPETITION TO BREAK BIG
SCOOPS.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" HAS BEEN
RELENTLESS IN THEIR REPORTING
BUT THIS NATIONAL MOMENT HAS
BROUGHT SOME NEW PLAYERS INTO
THE GAME AS WELL.
NBC'S KATY TUR SIGNS OURUNDAY
SPOTLIGHT ON SOMETHING YOU NEVER
WOULD HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH
POLITICS UNTIL NOW.
>> Reporter: AT 14-YEAR-OLD OLD,
TEEN VOGUE IS GROWING UP.
>> IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A
PRETTY FACE.
>> Reporter: FOCUSING ON MORE
THAN JUST FASHION AND BEAUTY.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS AWAY
FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN POLITICS
AWAY?
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO
MAKE SENSE OF POLITICS.
>> Reporter: LIKE EVERY TEENAGER
NOT EVERYONE IS READY TO TAKE
SERIOUSLY.
>> HERE'S IS YOUR DESCRIPTION OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WROTE
THIS PIECE IN TEEN VOGUE WHICH
YOU WRITE FOR.
>> THAT I WRITE FOR, YES.
>> Reporter: BACK IN DECEMBER
TUCKER CARLSON HAD A CONTENTIOUS
INTERVIEW ABOUT A CRITICAL PIECE
SHE DID ON DONALD TRUMP.
>> I'VE GOT TO GO.
YOU SHOULD STICK TO YOUR THIGH
HIGH BOOTS.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
26-YEAR-OLD FREELANCE WRITER
LAUREN DUCA.
BUT IT PUT POLITICAL TEEN VOGUE
ON THE POLITICAL MAP.
>> DO YOU LIKE POLITICS?
>> OF COURSE.
>> DO YOU LIKE THIGH HIGH BOOTS?
>> I DO.
>> ARE THEY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE?
>> THEY ARE THOUGHT.
>> Reporter: FIVE MONTHS LATER
SHE STILL HAS THE MOST POPULAR
STORY ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU FIND THE NEW
COLUMN WITH A CHEEKY TITLE.
THIGH HIGH POLITICS.
>> CAN THE READERS DIFFERENTIATE
THE STRAIGHT NEWS?
>> WE THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT CAN
YOUNG WOMEN MAKE SENSE OF THIS,
BUT CAN PEOPLE MAKE SENSE OF
WHAT IS FAKE NEWS OR NOT.
>> Reporter: HER OPINIONS HAVE
HELPED ATTRACT LEADERS.
JUST THIS WEEKEND SHE TWEETED A
PHOTO OF THE FLAMING PLANE AS
THE PRESIDENT WAS FLYING
OVERSEAS.
SHE LATER DELETED THE POST SOME
SAY WAS OFFENSIVE.
DUCA TOLD ME IT WAS JUST A BAD
METAPHOR FOR THE CAMPAIGN BUT
ADMITTED FOR TIMING.
WOULD YOU SAY TEEN VOGUE IS A
POLITICAL MAGAZINE?
>> PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT TEEN
VOGUE TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT
POLITICS.
>> Reporter: ELAINE WELTEROFF IS
TEEN VOGUE'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.THE
YOUNGEST AND ONLY SECOND
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HOLD THE
TITLE.
SHE AND PHILIP McCARDY AND RENEE
SUTER ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MAGAZINE.
>> IT'S AWAKE AND WE'RE WATCHING
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: THE THREE HAVE
FUSED FASHION, FEMINISM AND A
FOCUS ON DIVERSITY IN TEEN
VOGUE'S PRINLTS AND ONLINE
PLATFORMS.
>> FASHION MAGAZINES GET A BAD
NAME FOR BEING FRIVOLOUS.
FOR US, IT'S FASHION AND BEAUTY
TO SEE THE WORLD.
>> IT'S A WORK OF ART ON EVERY
SINGLE PAGE.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE SURPRISED
FOR THE TERM FOR THE POLITICAL
LEFT, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION.
WOMEN'S MAGAZINES HAVE A LONG
HISTORY OF FIGHTING FOR
PROGRESSIVE ISSUES INCLUDING
TEEN VOGUE'S OLDER SISTER,
FASHION'S GLOSSY GOLD STANDARD.
>> THIS IS "VOGUE" DECEMBER.
THIS IS "GLAMOUR" EARLY 1973,
TALKING ABOUT --
>> ABORTION.
>> -- ABORTION.
>> FASHION AND FEMINISM CAN
CO-EXIST.
I THINK FOR US, IT'S NOT A NOVEL
TOPIC.
>> YOU SHOULD ASK REPUBLICAN MEN
THESE QUESTIONS.
MITT ROMNEY LOVED TAILORED SUIT
AND EXPENSIVE HAIRCUT, NO ONE IS
ASKING HIM ABOUT THAT.
>> WITH CONSERVATIVE WRITERS,
GIRLS WHO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP?
>> YES, WE HAVE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
AFTER THE ELECTION WE HAD A
WOMAN WHO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
HER STORY.
WE HAD GUN OWNERS WRITE ABOUT
THE SECOND AMENDMENT ON THE
SITE.
>> Reporter: TEEN VOGUE EXTENDS
TO MORE THAN JUST POLITICS.
THE MAGAZINE IS OPENING THE
PAGES TO NEW FACES.
HERE AUTHENTICITY IS EVERYTHING.
>> WE CREATED A MAGAZINE THAT WE
HOPE EXISTED WHEN WE WERE
GROWING.
YOU THAT MEANS CREATING
SOMETHING THAT IS INCLUSIVE.
>> Reporter: CREATING CONTENT
THAT IS MOVES FASHION AND
POLITICS FORWARD.
>> IF YOU WANT YOUNG WOMEN TO
SHOW UP FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO
SHOW UP FOR THEM FIRST.
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